[Comicsstudiessociety] Nine-panel grid

[Aidan Diamond]

Thanks very much, Shawn and Peter! I appreciate the references.

Cheers,
Aidan
On Nov 29, 2022, 16:43 -0500, Peter Sattler via ComicsStudiesSociety <comicsstudiessociety at lists.osu.edu>, wrote:
> Look to Kurtzman (Hey Look; Pot-Shot Pete; many famous EC war stories) for variations in the theme. Peter Sent from my iPad On Nov 29, 2022, at 1: 26 PM, Gilmore, Shawn Patrick via ComicsStudiesSociety <comicsstudiessociety@ lists. osu. edu>
> Look to Kurtzman (Hey Look; Pot-Shot Pete; many famous EC war stories) for variations in the theme.
>
> Peter
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> Sent from my iPad
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> > On Nov 29, 2022, at 1:26 PM, Gilmore, Shawn Patrick via ComicsStudiesSociety <comicsstudiessociety at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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> > Aidan It’s a great question. There are certainly 3x3 pages before Watchmen, but I’ve not seen anyone point to the sustained use of such a regular grid throughout a full comic or series. In earlier comics, there are certainly grids, like the
> > Aidan
> >
> > It’s a great question. There are certainly 3x3 pages before Watchmen, but I’ve not seen anyone point to the sustained use of such a regular grid throughout a full comic or series.
> >
> > In earlier comics, there are certainly grids, like the attached example from Tales of Suspense #85 (1967), which is 3x3; but the page before is a 2x2 grid and the page after is 2x3. Maybe others have some other examples that are used more systemically?
> >
> > As a side note, Watchmen’s contemporary The Dark Knight Returns uses a 4x4 grid, though much more loosely.
> >
> > All best
> > Shawn
> >
> > From: ComicsStudiesSociety <comicsstudiessociety-bounces+sgilmore=illinois.edu at lists.osu.edu> On Behalf Of Aidan Diamond via ComicsStudiesSociety
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 12:58 PM
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> > Subject: [Comicsstudiessociety] Nine-panel grid
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> > Hi all,  I’m working on a comic that, like Watchmen, pretty much exclusively uses the nine-panel grid or variations of it. I was wondering if anyone knows whether Watchmen, certainly the first to popularize this grid, was the
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’m working on a comic that, like Watchmen, pretty much exclusively uses the nine-panel grid or variations of it. I was wondering if anyone knows whether Watchmen, certainly the first to popularize this grid, was the first to use it to such a degree? There must be earlier examples, even of single pages using the grid, but I’m unfortunately not well-versed in comics before the eighties. Basically, I’m wondering if—much as this comic, The Seeds, is clearly drawing on a lineage to Watchmen—if Watchmen was visually establishing its own lineage, much as it does metatextually and thematically, and what that lineage is, exactly.
> >
> > Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Best,
> > Aidan
> >
> > Aidan Diamond
> > Ph.D. Candidate | Teaching Assistant
> > Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture
> > Comparative Media and Culture
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